Tag: Humility
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When God Hides
The spiritual journey begins with faith, which is essentially the recognition that we lack power and need dependence on God. Initially, faith may be only fragmentary and episodic, but nonetheless it comprises the basis for our spiritual life. Without faith, we cannot please God (Hebrews 11:6), because only through trust will we form with God…
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Spiritual Ambition
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility, value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4 Paul could have said “fleshly ambition” instead of “selfish ambition,” and it would have been wholly consistent with how he often…
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Hidden Spirituality
Do we know if we are spiritual? Yes, in the sense that being spiritual is our natural and created vocation. We are made for relationships with one another, with all creation, with God in and through everything else, and even ourselves. We have the capacity and are oriented for a spiritual walk in life, and…